This year their bilateral trade turnover is expected to be close to $4.5 billion, roughly 20% up from 2016. Upon instructions of the two presidents the Belarusian side has worked out a roadmap to raise the bilateral trade to at least $8 billion in 2019.

The center was opened as part of the joint project of the Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno. The center is going to host various events meant to preserve, develop, and popularize Belarusian language, literature, and culture in Moscow.

According to the source, the Eurasian Economic Union's satellite group will initially provide a consolidated service. “We aim for proprietary satellites made in the Eurasian Economic Union member states later on,” added Nikolai Kushnarev.

Andrei Tarasenko said: “We need an assembly enterprise, a screwdriver industry of our own. We actively develop road infrastructure, machines and vehicles are in demand. We also need gas engine vehicles and buses. We are particularly interested in land amelioration machines.”

The executive said: “We are in negotiations with companies from various countries for the sake of creating equipment, including through joint efforts. The creation of a satellite for the remote sensing of Earth with an extremely high resolution is the closest project we can implement today, including for export purposes.”

The European Commission representative said: “We are now preparing one of the first wind turbine projects in Belarus. The development of renewable sources of energy creates new opportunities for doing business. Belarus is a country with a large potential in the sphere of innovations and research."

The winner of the 2019 European Games will therefore get 7.000 points (which will be included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games qualification campaign). On 6-9 September 2018 Belarus will be hosting a Circuit tournament for the first time – a Future Series tournament which will serve as test event for the European Games.

Nikolai Shchekin said: “A new book about Belarusian science is being written today. The format of the event demonstrates the openness of the dialogue and the responsibility of the government before scientists and the responsibility of scientists before people."